Early stage mycosis fungoides screening investigations: a retrospective analysis of 440 cases

Abstract

Early stages of mycosis fungoides (MF stages IA and IB) carry similar long-term life expectancies as an age-, sex-, and race- matched control population (1-3). Despite this, the ten-year disease progression risk in stage IA and IB MF has been reported to be between 10% and 39% (4); hence, investigative screening is frequently performed at presentation. We conducted a retrospective chart review of screening investigations performed on 440 patients with stage T1/IA (52%) and T2/IB (48%) MF.

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